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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60373	Theatrum Scotiæ containing the prospects of Their Majesties castles and palaces : together with those of the most considerable towns and colleges, the ruins of many ancient abbeys, churches, monasteries and convents, within the said kingdom : all curiously engraven on copper plates, with a short description of each place / by John Slezer ...	Slezer, John, d. 1714.; Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722.; Trenchard, John, Sir, 1640-1695.	1693 (1693)	Wing S3993; ESTC R19602	30,193	141

cinctus Squammiger illimes Grex natat inter aquas Ista triumphales praebent vivaria caenas Grampiaco quoties sub Jove miles ovat Regius hic lacus est Lucrinus Caesaris unda Plus habet hic luxus plus habet ille dapis To the Right Honourable ANTHONY Viscount of Falkland c. One of the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England and One of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council in the said Kingdom FALKLAND FALKLAND is a pretty little Town in the Sheriffdom of Fife At the Foot of Lomon Hill there is a stately Palace which King James the V. caused to be built for a retiring Place it being most convenient also for Hunting The King's Park and a Wood are adjacent to it into which as also into the Plain towards the East it hath a most pleasant Prospect The Marquess of Athol is Hereditary Keeper of this Palace and hath a considerable Rent by the neighbouring Lands and Stewardry It gives the Title of Viscount to the Family of Falkland To the Right Honourable JAMES JOHNSTON One of the Lords of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council and Principal Secretary of State for the Kingdom of Scotland S T ANDREWS SAINT ANDREWS in Latin Andreanopolis or Fanum Sancti Andreae has its Name from St. Andrew whose Bones are said to be brought hither from Patras a Town in Peloponnesus by Regulus a Grecian Monk Anno 368. a Man in that Age much esteem'd for Piety as appears by the Church dedicated to him and called after his Name From him also as ancient Writers report this Town was at first called Regimund that is Mons sancti Reguli for we read that Oengus or Vngus King of the Picts did grant to God and Saint Andrew That he should be Head of all Churches within the Jurissdiction of the Picts Likewise it is manifest from Old Manuscripts that this was the principal See of the Culdai who had the care and management of Holy Things from the first reception of Christianity in those Parts This City is the Metropolis of the whole Kingdom and the See of an Archbishop who is Primate of all Scotland It lies towards the East with a pleasant Prospect to the Ocean having a Harbour for Ships the Sea near it plentiful in Fishes and Fields wholesome and spacious There yet remain the Marks of Venerable Antiquity the Ruines of the Cathedral Church and Monastery which do abundantly testifie their Ancient Glory and Magnificence The Town it self is situate in a Plain from East to West with a most pleasant Prospect to the German Ocean It had a very strong Castle of Old whose Rubbish and Ruines are yet to be seen upon the Rocks on the Sea-side towards the North. It has Streets straight and broad stretching East and West whereof two lead to that once famous Abbey of Canons Regular of the Order of St. Augustine situate toward the East and South-East the Wall surrounding this Abbey being yet intire and of hewen Stone with many Towers and Turrets which give it the Resemblance of a King's Palace The Chief Church in the Town now is that called the New Church not far from the New College In it there is to be seen a very Magnificent Monument of Archbishop Sharp There is also another Church called St. Leonard's adjacent to a College of the same Name the Rector whereof is ordinarily the Principal of the said College but the greatest Ornament of the City is the University the Athens of Scotland consisting at present of Three Colleges and was first founded by Laurentius Lindoris and Richardus Corvellus Doctors of Law and publick Professors of Philosophy The College of St. Salvator commonly called the Old College was founded by James Kennedie Bishop of St. Andrews together with a Church beautified with an high towering Steeple all of hewen Stone in which his Monument of curious Workman-ship is yet to be seen Mr. Skene Doctor of Divinity and Principal of the College has of late repaired and augmented the Fabrick thereof having made a Collection for that end He has also founded a Library which by the Donations of learned Men is now very well furnished with good Books St. Leonard's College was founded by James Hepburn Prior of St. Andrews in which are several Professors as first the Principal who is always Doctor of Divinity and Four Professors of Philosophy to whom John Scot of Scots Tarvett Knight added a Professor of Philology with a liberal Salary and augmented the Library with the Gift of several considerable Volumes It is likewise of late very much increased by Sir John Wedderburne Doctor of Physick who dying left his great Collection of Books to it Here also is the famous Manuscript of the Scottish Chronologer John Fordon The New College was founded by James Beaton Archbishop In it are two Professors always Doctors in Divinity the One stiled Principal Professor of Theology the Other only Professor of Theology to which of late is added a Professor of Mathematicks the first Professor whereof Mr. James Gregory erected a Commodious Observatory for Mathematical Observations in the College Garden having caus'd a Contribution to be made for that Purpose He also furnished it with many Mathematical Instruments much better than it had before his Time Alexander the I. King of Scotland founded a Priory here for the Monks of the Order of St. Augustine the Government of the Picts being abolished in Britain and Kenneth III. tranferred the Episcopal See from Abernethie to St. Andrews about the Year 850. ARCTURI JONSTONI Carmen de ANDREAPOLI URBS sacra nuper eras toti venerabilis Orbi Nec fuit in toto sanctior Orbe locus Jupiter erubuit tua cernens Templa sacello Et de Tarpeio multa querela fuit Haec quoque contemplans Ephesinae Conditor Vrbis Ipse suum merito ridet odit opus Vestibus aequabant Templorum marmora Mystae Cunctaque divini plena nitoris erant Ordinis hic sacri Princeps spectabilis auro Jura dabat Patribus Scotia quotquot habet Priscus honor periit traxerunt templa ruinam Nec superest Mystis qui fuit ante nitor Sacra tamen Musis Vrbs est Phoebique ministris Nec major meritis est honor ille tuis Lumine te blando Musas quae diligit eos Adspicit roseis molliter afflat equis Mane novo juxta Musarum murmurat aedes Rana Thetis somnos juvat esse breves Proximus est Campus studiis hic fessa Juventus Se recreat vires sumit inde novas Phocis amor Phoebi fuit olim Palladis arte In te jam stabilem fixit uterque Larem De ANDREAPOLI Carmen JOANNIS JONSTONI Quondam ibi Theologiae Professoris IMminet Oceano paribus descripta viarum Limitibus pingui quam bene septa solo Magnificis opibus staret dum gloria prisca Pontificum hic fulsit Pontificalis apex Musarum ostentant surrecta palatia coelo Delicias hominum Deliciasque Deum